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November 4: Wembanyama’s 52 points lead San Antonio, Miami wins in overtime, and all 43 games across FBS football, the NBA and men’s college basketball are final.

Covered action date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Eastern Time. All 43 scheduled games across the five covered sports were verified final: three FBS football games, fourteen NBA games and twenty-six NCAA men’s basketball games. NFL and MLB had no games. These are sports results, not ISR’s paid-pick performance.

NCAA Football FBS — three finals

  • UMass edged Ball State 31–30 in overtime. William Watson III passed for 302 yards and a touchdown; Ball State’s Jalen Bonds rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns.
  • Central Michigan beat Eastern Michigan 35–7 at Ford Field. Nick Woodford ran for 123 yards and three touchdowns; Jadyn Glasser passed for 175 yards and a touchdown.
  • Toledo won 20–17 at Sacramento State. CJ Miller carried 27 times for 135 yards; Sacramento State’s Raiden Brown caught five passes for 108 yards.

ISR analysis: Keep the extra period in UMass’s final separate from regulation review. Central Michigan’s new quarterback usage and Woodford’s workload provide more specific context than the rivalry margin alone.

NBA — fourteen finals

  • Victor Wembanyama scored 52 points and collected 24 rebounds in San Antonio’s 112–111 win over Dallas. Kyrie Irving led the Mavericks with 29 points.
  • Miami beat the Clippers 117–116 in overtime. Bam Adebayo scored 35, Davion Mitchell supplied ten assists and Giannis Antetokounmpo collected fourteen rebounds.
  • Philadelphia won 112–106 at Detroit. Jaylen Brown scored 30; Joel Embiid had fifteen rebounds. Detroit’s Duncan Robinson scored 27 and Ausar Thompson grabbed seventeen rebounds.
  • Oklahoma City beat Cleveland 124–116 behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 42 points and eight assists. Minnesota also won on the road, 117–107 at Houston; Ayo Dosunmu led the Timberwolves with 21 points.

ISR analysis: The one-point finishes and Miami’s overtime minutes deserve separate treatment from ordinary regulation margins. Check individual workloads before using Wednesday’s results to explain the next available rotation.

NCAA men’s basketball — twenty-six finals

Matchup / box scoreAway–homeStatus
Framingham State Rams at Dartmouth Big Green50–107Final
Regent Regent Royals at Old Dominion Monarchs47–91Final
Virginia Lynchburg Dragons at Morgan State Bears58–95Final
Concordia Chicago Cougars at SIU Edwardsville Cougars61–85Final
Erskine Flying Fleet at UNC Asheville Bulldogs74–101Final
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks at High Point Panthers49–63Final
Longwood Lancers at Saint Joseph's Hawks73–82Final
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights at Butler Bulldogs65–99Final
Christendom Crusaders at App State Mountaineers43–108Final
Central College Dutch at Drake Bulldogs48–101Final
Blue Mountain Christian Toppers at Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles70–117Final
Webster Gorloks at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks65–90Final
Bob Jones Bruins at Furman Paladins52–121Final
Cal State Northridge Matadors at Wichita State Shockers67–79Final
Champion Christian Tigers at UL Monroe Warhawks55–99Final
Northern Kentucky Norse at South Dakota Coyotes102–94Final
Randolph Wildcats at Norfolk State Spartans71–78Final
Saint Mary of the Woods Pomeroys at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles42–112Final
SE Louisiana Lions at Auburn Tigers59–92Final
West Coast Baptist Eagles at Boise State Broncos53–132Final
Grace University Lancers at Utah Tech Trailblazers52–103Final
Salish Kootenai Bison at Montana Grizzlies40–105Final
Radford Highlanders at California Golden Bears70–84Final
Queens University Royals at Loyola Marymount Lions96–95Final
Milwaukee Panthers at Santa Clara Broncos72–95Final
North Dakota State Bison at Saint Mary's Gaels64–105Final
  • Saint Mary’s beat North Dakota State 105–64. Joshua Dent scored seventeen; Mantas Juzenas had eleven rebounds and seven assists.
  • Wichita State defeated CSUN 79–67. William Berg supplied 26 points and sixteen rebounds; Kenyon Giles had eight assists.
  • Northern Kentucky won 102–94 at South Dakota. Noah Pagotto scored 30 and Eric Acker handed out twelve assists; Jahni Summers led South Dakota with 24 points.
  • Auburn beat Southeastern Louisiana 92–59. Tahaad Pettiford scored eighteen; Narcisse Ngoy collected nine rebounds.

ISR analysis: Early-season opponent and role differences remain important. Keep playing time and available rotations beside a standout opening-week box score instead of treating one result as a settled team identity.

No-game status

NFL: No November 4 games listed. MLB: No November 4 games listed. The action-date boundary is Eastern Time, including late games that finished after midnight.

Betting notebook: retained source lines, not closing lines

These comparisons use DraftKings lines displayed by ESPN and saved in ISR’s November 4 preview package at 7:10 a.m. EST that day. They are explicitly identified morning snapshots, not universal closing lines, claims of market movement or betting recommendations.

  • Philadelphia covered +2.5 with its six-point win; 218 combined points finished over 217.5.
  • Oklahoma City covered -2.5 with its eight-point win; 240 finished over 228.5.
  • Minnesota covered +8.5 with its ten-point win; 224 finished over 220.5.
  • Dallas covered +11.5 with its one-point loss; 223 finished under 226.5.
  • Central Michigan covered +1.5 with its 28-point win; 42 finished under 44.5.

Sources and completion check

Every final in the tables links to the corresponding ESPN box score. Highlights were checked against those game summaries and player statistics. Full schedule checks: NFL, FBS, MLB, NBA and NCAA men’s basketball. All 43 games are complete; none is pending verification.

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